Patents by Inventor Stephan Pitzing

Stephan Pitzing has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8944221
    Abstract: A disc brake, particularly for a commercial vehicle, includes a brake caliper configured as a sliding caliper, two brake pads, which are disposed in the brake caliper, at least one guide spar for fastening the brake caliper to a stationary carrier, a brake application device, effective via at least one adjusting spindle, an adjusting device, which is non-rotatably connected to the adjusting spindle, for compensating brake pad wear, and a restoring device, disposed on the action side and having a restoring element that is elastically deformable if the brake caliper is displaced as a function of the braking operation and by which the caliper can be automatically brought into a starting position. The disc brake is configured such that the restoring device has a supporting part, which remains in position relative to the brake anchor plate if the brake caliper is displaced as a function of the braking operation, and which interacts with the resilient restoring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Aleksandar Pericevic, Stephan Pitzing, Johann Baumgartner, Steffen Geissler, Robert Trimpe
  • Patent number: 8627929
    Abstract: A disc brake includes a brake caliper which engages over a brake disc and which has a caliper head and a caliper back connected thereto by tension struts. Brake pads are received in the brake caliper, are radially secured by a retaining bracket that extends in the axial direction of the brake disc, and can be forced against both sides of the brake disc. The disc brake further includes a measuring device which is connected to an evaluation unit for determining the brake application force and which is designed such that the measuring device has two base elements that can be displaced relative each other in the direction of brake application, one of the elements being a sensor and the other being a corresponding element actively connected thereto. One base element is arranged on the retaining bracket which is clamped on one side of the caliper head or on the caliper back and the other base element is arranged on the brake caliper on the side opposite the side on which the retaining bracket is clamped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Baumgartner, Steffen Geissler, Stephan Pitzing
  • Patent number: 8322799
    Abstract: A brake system, in particular a dual circuit brake system, for a motor vehicle, includes brakes which can be activated by a brake pedal operatively connected to a brake servo. Each brake engages one wheel. The brake system is designed such that a brake servo is assigned to each brake of at least one brake circuit, and the brake servos can be activated by the brake pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Trimpe, Johann Baumgartner, Robert Gruber, Aleksandar Pericevic, Stephan Pitzing, Steffen Geissler
  • Publication number: 20100133051
    Abstract: A brake system, in particular a dual circuit brake system, for a motor vehicle, includes brakes which can be activated by a brake pedal operatively connected to a brake servo. Each brake engages one wheel. The brake system is designed such that a brake servo is assigned to each brake of at least one brake circuit, and the brake servos can be activated by the brake pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Trimpe, Johann Baumgartner, Robert Gruber, Aleksandar Pericevic, Stephan Pitzing, Steffen Geissler
  • Publication number: 20100000828
    Abstract: A disc brake, particularly for a commercial vehicle, includes a brake caliper configured as a sliding caliper, two brake pads, which are disposed in the brake caliper, at least one guide spar for fastening the brake caliper to a stationary carrier, a brake application device, effective via at least one adjusting spindle, an adjusting device, which is non-rotatably connected to the adjusting spindle, for compensating brake pad wear, and a restoring device, disposed on the action side and having a restoring element that is elastically deformable if the brake caliper is displaced as a function of the braking operation and by which the caliper can be automatically brought into a starting position. The disc brake is configured such that the restoring device has a supporting part, which remains in position relative to the brake anchor plate if the brake caliper is displaced as a function of the braking operation, and which interacts with the resilient restoring element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Aleksandar PERICEVIC, Stephan PITZING, Johann BAUMGARTNER, Steffen GEISSLER, Robert TRIMPE